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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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